Hot Take: Bojack is the worst side character, the only reason he isnt seen as just as bad as the main characters is due to limited screentime
I recently finished my first ever rewatch of Bojack, drilled through it in like a week and a half. My first watch I found Bojack to be a somewhat unremarkable, secondary, neutral character. Sure he played a role in season 6 part one but I kind of just brushed him off.
Upon rewatch though? Bojack is an asshole. He takes zero accountability for himself and actively takes steps against himself and blames Beatrice. Beatrice’s only crime was leaving her dad, which ok fair very poor choice, but come on, you're telling me Bojack took a swig of the alcohol, and then decided to chug it like he was fucking parched for water and not once realizing it was alcohol?
And then he made the conscious choice of getting on Horsin’ Around, and Beatrice comes to give him constructive criticism bringing up a good inspiration Ibsen. And somehow it’s Beatrice’s fault? She did the right thing, she took a man who very clearly ruined her and Bojack "won’t forgive him", bro you ruined her body? And she literally gave you a house to live under?
And then he procedes to reveal the stuff Beatrice told him in confidence in his book? All to take down the woman who "caused you trauma" when realistically it was 100% his own fault? I dont care that hes not actually the horse from Horsin Around, firstly he presents himself as an actor to all the people in Hollywoo, and even at that, thats a super messed up thing to just blurt out about the woman who actively raised you and gave you constructive criticism.
I feel like that sequence of events is just as bad as some of the stuff people hold alot of the main characters accountable for. The only reason hes not seen as just as bad as them is because hes only in a handful of episodes, and by that point the show has made you hate Beatrice so much that you cant see that Beatrice is not only not at fault in that situation, she is actively doing the right thing